The Meeker herald., 1887-10-15
.rsck an. sAHcE NEWS.

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The attention Of reage riders is called
10 the sdycrtissmsot OF the Plateau
Live stock company b another column
OF this issuo.
All tho big 0utats on pIce ance and
Yellow creeks started In To gather beef
last week but tho snsW storm drove the
men on the hills.
d. ID. Taylor Of Hee-snce, has added
a fne bunch Of aboat thirty head Of
Utah mares aud Gotta Mr. Taylor will
shortly 20 out sftsg bloclcd sa,aliion.
W. +. Patrick oe ~ i,rm Of Limb~rg
4 Patrick. Of Leadville, and Vice
President OF The Pia1esu Live Stock
company. spent TIE yest week In look
ing over the FL hsg1D on l'ice-a ance and
tributary ooantsyr~s,-~sf
John Baidridss. formerly Of Castle
Rock. arrived this morning with n
bunch Of about seven hundred head of
range cattle. We understand Mr.. Bald
ridge has leased NJ. itsigan's place ON
Dry Picc-aucs creek and will turn
loose there.
The latest addition TO White rivers
herd Of fine horres ts that Of wm II.
Cards Clydesdsie ami Cleveland hay
stations. The former is thr.cyear-
old and the latte, rising two. They are
both line horses and everybody whohns
seen them ray they will bs fayorites
among White river horscmen mex, s.u-
ron. Mr. Card will probably stand them
In Sireker. y
George .. witter. assisted by Hank
Daum. has been driving the CIV horses
down to the winter range. The youn.
colts owned by this outfit and now To Ia
seen nj the winter ranch on Miller creek.
arc . line iol of young stock and al.
away above what ono would cxpcc, from
Texas mareA and Pcrcheron. Norman
stations. but tho results show that /, Is
all In the stallion. Tho blco.ici sire
IL beginning to show himsrlf IN this sec
ton.
A number Of our stockmcn cnn,rm-
plate driving their cattle up TO the Car.
lonais country next summer. There i,
vast summer range In that part of Gar
iicld county. and nov that tho Indian.
arc gone there 10 M reason why II Should
not le utilized. BY pushing the cattle
up there = great deal Il country iha, Ia
now grazed OH during Ii,e summer could
br navcsi for winter. To carry the stock
now on White rtvss our siockm-n have
got To husband ever. t& OF winter ,e'-
ri,ory OF meet with lIrwiEablr h,ss the
flrst severe winter NO. a'ikss us. We
.llssss;, Rs;;si ; t'iiiilit|l IN ll,(
o,l.sr day. that the ~ fand Is entirely
destitute oe grass. his !. n stnp of
country that the s,nai-r siockm-n on
Upper White river hssr heretofore de-
pended on for winter fsnsc. They can
no, depend IN II fos tsr coming winter
as .h-rr Ia hardly ear Of gra~ v,si.
BILE. This state ns afI@as is. Ia som- rx.
tent. du~ 10 the dcuss alis-i condition
Of thinRs during tho h,'- Ute troubles
when cattle were allowed Ia run where.
ever they plcasesi u tic dc,rimrnt of
the winter range.
The 81. Paul Farmer asserts that now
Is the time to engage Ia the cattle busi.
meas. aud then psocccis briefly I" give
reasons for the faith that /. In 4, rs fol-
lows: What! Nov the tim. la en-.
gage In tho production Of beef when
prices arc tho lowest In years aud the
business under an Incubus through
hrouth and over production! Jus, 40.
The results Of experience show ,ha, the
time 10 RO into the production of any Of
the great staples Of human food Is when
prices arc low and thcss is scramble
to get out Of the business. lk,cf Is the
great staple. and N such will always tr
In demand. lf prices arc low. short
sighted producers will ~ OH, Of the bus
incss. while the long headed stock raiser
will carefully pay attention TO the in
crease Of his herds and prepare for the
rise In prices which, ies.cne,l produc-
tion will certainly bring out. Certain
conditions arc now operating In the
United States which make 1t possible
To see better times for The beef business
In the near future. A hard winter has
dccimatesi the cattle on the northern
ranges. while millions " acres in Colo
RADIO. Nebraska and Texas. lately gwen
up to becf production. have been en-
tered by homcsiradprs who. even In
those arid regions. will try Tive doubtful
experiment Of grain growing instead or
stock raising The most destructive
drousi, In = quarter of a century through
3oO.UO square miles Of the corn belt has
shortened up the corn crop and forced
upon the market large numbers of
stock Of Indifferent quality. which.
while Mt present bearing the market,
will be out Of the way. These and
number Of other unfayorable circum-
staices-which. however temporary
they may he. have their innucnces-are
operating to cause q future scarcity in
beef cattle, aud the far sighted investor
will see IN them reasons for taking hold
and increasing his herds while prices
are ~ low ~ ~ enable him to yet In on
the ground floor
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NOTICE.
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